Seeber J. Kelly

Seeber J. Kelly

Company B 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

DOW April 30, 1968

PFC - E3 - Army - Regular
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
19 year old Single, Negro, Male
Born on Oct 14, 1948
From LAKE WALES, FLORIDA
His tour of duty began on Nov 13, 1967
Casualty was on Apr 30, 1968
in KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds
GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
Religion
BAPTIST

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Seeber Kelly died from wounds received during the Battle of Chu Moor Mountain.
He was on night defense of his perimeter position when hit by small arms and rocket fire.
Seeber was admitted to the military hospital at Pleiku on April 26, and died while enroute to the
7th Field Hospital on April 30.

Seeber J. Kelly's decorations

Rubbing of Seeber Kelly's name from the Vietnam Wall

Seeber Kelly was killed in action during the Battle for Chu Moor mountain.
The website is grateful to John McKee and Charlie "Doc" Shyab
for contributing the rubbings they took of all the names
of the 1st Battalion Killed In Action during the battle for Chu Moor.

Seeber is buried at Willow Lawn Cemetery, Lake Wales,Polk County, FL.

Cemetery monument for Seeber Kelly

Photo by Lamar Sarratt from the Find A Grave website

The grave of Seeber J. Kelly

Photo by Lamar Sarratt from the Find A Grave website

Grave marker for Seeber Kelly

Photo by Lamar Sarratt from the Find A Grave website

For a tribute to Seeber J. Kelly click on the following link:

Together We Served

The website is grateful to David Olsen Trp A 3rd Sq 4th Cav 25th ID for much of the above photos and information

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